297. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an application for grant aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a Bachelor of Science honours degree, which is urgently needed as they are dependent on financial assistance to undertake this course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7233/13]
296. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update as to when person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, will be awarded their third level grants, which they applied for early last year, based on their parents’ income for the previous and current years, as they will be forced to pull out of college on the 14 February, if they do not receive their grants by then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7229/13]
244. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Longford, will be liable for property tax in July on a house which is new, unoccupied and for sale for the last four years and still has some work outstanding on it and which by July will form part of a discretionary trust for his son and daughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7230/13]
132. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans and funding for the proposed and urgently needed new fire station for Lanesboro, County Longford. [6106/13]
107. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an increase in disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6107/13]
69. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will state, regarding each quarterly list of tax settlements published pursuant to the provisions of section 1086 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, in each of the four years ended 31 December 2012, the total amount comprised in each list in respect of tax; the total amount in each list in respect of interest; the total amount in each list in respect of penalties; if he will state in respect of the annual total of the published quarterly figures for tax, interest and penalties for each of the four years ending 31 December 2012; the amount the annual total sum of tax, interest and penalties in question was actually paid at the end of each year and the amount still outstanding at the end of each of the four years in question; if he will further state the amount of each annual total paid by post-dated cheque or other instalment arrangement and the amount, if any, of default arising in respect of the published figures for each year, as at 31 December 2012; if post-dated payment arrangements entered into between Revenue and the published defaulters are included in the published figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6109/13]
179. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health if he will adjust the proposal in respect of the employment of 1,000 newly qualified nurses and midwives at 80% of the first point of the staff nurse salary scale, which means in essence that they will incur a cut of €11,470 in just three years and reapply the salary scale as heretofore to the positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/13]
154. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the position and rights of legal executives, particularly in respect of the Legal Services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/13]
150. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has lived here for the past 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/13]
101. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a quota in place in relation to the employment of persons over the age of 45 years in the workforce here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4630/13]
726. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4390/13]
725. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath with full medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4389/13]
724. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/13]
582. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Irish citizenship in respect of a person (details suppled) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4388/13]
459. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability benefit/allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4386/13]
342. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an exemption from the requirement to take Irish in the junior certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford [4395/13]
696. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding will be provided for very necessary safety improvement works on the N63, St Mel's Cathedral Junction, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/13]
517. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of foreign nationals granted Irish citizenship during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2962/13]
516. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that Ireland has fully implemented the technical and financial measures to ensure the 2009 EU Framework Directive on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2960/13]
432. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt community childcare facilities from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2959/13]
425. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will be in a position to guarantee a minimum download of broadband speeds of 2 MBPS in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/13]
424. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to redraw the map of broadband coverage in County Longford in view of the fact that there are errors in the current mapping coverage for the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/13]
317. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to set up a hardship fund to help small and medium businesses survive current economic difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2534/13]
262. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on funding for necessary repairs and restoration works to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/13]
261. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit the qualifying criteria introduced in Budget 2011 for higher education grant scheme, under which the measurement is based on an as the crow flies principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2954/13]
1158. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on State or council lands, such as amenity areas on the Shannon River in counties Longford and Westmeath, with a view to developing them as tourist areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1474/13]
1103. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health on behalf of a person (details supplied), if he will provide an update on the allocation of home help hours, which despite her advanced years and delicate health have been decreased rather than increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1764/13]
1067. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health his plans to encourage local authorities that is to consider adopting a smoke free policy in all playgrounds under their control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1470/13]
1066. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health when it is proposed to replace the posts of ophthalmologists in counties Longford and Westmeath in view of the fact that there is already a two year waiting list in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1467/13]
857. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be paid their disadvantaged and suckler cow payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58101/12]
820. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the Civil Defence budget for Longford-Westmeath to increase training requirements and improve the quality of services and contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/13]
799. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for community policing in the Drumlish area, County Longford, following the removal of the Garda patrol car from the Garda Barracks in Drumlish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1466/13]
691. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an elderly and infirm person (details supplied) in County Longford who paid the household charge on time, has recently received a bill for same with interest on behalf of her husband who died 39 years ago; the steps he will take to ensure such upsetting demands are eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1765/13]
685. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be provided for the extension of Longford sewerage scheme out the Ardagh Road to Ferefad and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/13]
684. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be provided to upgrade the pipelines and trunk mains from the pump-house at the Shannon to Farrell’s Corner House and up the Rathcline Road, Lanesboro, County Longford, in view of the fact that these pipeline networks urgently need rehabilitation for water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/13]
676. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown on all unfinished housing estates on a county basis; if he will provide an update on action taken to date by each council in cooperation with his Department to ensure that they are adequately secured under the public safety initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1472/13]
675. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems associated with the differential rent scheme operated by some councils and their concerns that local authority tenants are availing of cheaper rents in the private sector; when he will revise this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1469/13]
605. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on plans to bring high voltage electricity transmission systems under EirGrid's grid 25 programme, to the north midlands in view of the fact that this is vital to the economic development of the region, particularly counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1475/13]
573. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide additional funding for the arts in County Longford, to bridge the gap between the Arts Council funding and local authority funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1644/13]
444. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58100/12]
402. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the activity taking place between his Department, the Iindustrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to bring employment opportunities to County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1638/13]
379. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that there is better co-operation and co-ordination between the bodies responsible for the maintenance of levels on the Shannon OPW, ESB and Waterways Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/13]
378. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to open Lough Ree Sluice Gates, to bring about better management of water levels on the River Shannon and prevent serious flooding in the parishes along the Shannon in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/13]
360. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the procurement legislation which prohibits smaller construction companies from tendering for projects in view of the fact that the criteria for tendering for the majority of contracts are based on each company's previous year's turnover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/13]
175. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that VAT legislation is preventing tenant purchase funding from being raised and if he will outline his plans to bring forward legislation to deal with this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1641/13]
161. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase duty on the higher alcohol products like spirits and on non-returnable long drinks, especially cans, which are sold predominately in the off-licence trade where there is no control on the amount that can be consumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1473/13]
152. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57565/12]
114. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57566/12]
129. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57305/12]
128. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidy pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57303/12]